What is The Gravitational Lensing Picture spacetime as a trampoline. Massive objects like galaxies act like bowling balls, warping the fabric. Light travels in a straight line, but when it passes this warped region, it bends - just like a marble rolling near the bowling ball. This is gravitational lensing. In the JWST image, a foreground galaxy bends light from a distant quasar, RX J1131-1231 , creating the stunning ring - a cosmic magnifying glass revealing the otherwise hidden quasar. How this Quasar is Gravitationally Lensed? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) continues to impress, this time capturing a once-in-a-lifetime image: a distant quasar warped into a dazzling ring by the gravity of a massive, unseen galaxy. The quasar, a powerhouse galaxy fueled by a supermassive black hole, is dubbed RX J1131-1231 and resides a mind-boggling 6 billion light-years away in the Crater constellation . But the true spectacle lies in the luminous ring surrounding it. This phenomenon,...
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